Travel through Massillon's past in the new local history, Towpath to Towpath, by Margy Vogt.

Learn about a local woman whose influence swayed Wyoming's governor to allow the first women's suffrage in the nation. And the man who turned the momentum of the 1860 convention to nominate Abraham Lincoln for President. Find the facts about a fire that took a block of Massillon¹s downtown and a flood that washed away the economically-essential Ohio and Erie Canal. Read the city's story from the time its main street was surveyed until the present.

Towpath to Towpath, a 244-page hardbound volume printed on acid-free paper, was published and printed by Bates Printing, Inc. 236 photographs and illustrations provided by Rudy Turkal, Cliff Lackey, and others accent the short chapters. More than half of the original 2000 copies have been sold.

The author has previously published a soft cover book, Fourth Street: a Century of History and Design, and two illustrated historical engagement calendars, "Massillon Meets the Millennium" and Massillon: 175 Years of Progress Tempered by Tradition." She frequently writes historical features for the newspaper and regularly presents history programs and tours.

Towpath to Towpath is available ($28.50 plus tax) at the Massillon Area Chamber of Commerce, 137 Lincoln Way East; The Village Bookshelf, 746 Amherst Road NE; American Eagle Antiques, 32 South Erie Street; Ernie's Bicycle Shop, 37 First Street, SE; the Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East; and Bates Printing Inc., 150 23rd Street SE‹all in Massillon.

To receive the book via mail, send a check payable to Margy Vogt for $33.99 (includes shipping and handling) to 1306 Lennox Avenue, N.E., Massillon, Ohio 44646. Books will be sent by U.S. Postal Service unless other arrangements are requested.

For more information about the new Massillon history, call Margy Vogt at 330-832-8469 or email her at vogt@sssnet.com.